Cask-pitching apparatus



(No Model.)

P. SHERRER.

OASK PITOHING APPARATUS; A.

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PHILIP SHERRER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CASK PITCHING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 606,396, dated June 28, 1898.

Application filed August 28, 1897. Serial No. 649,865. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP SHERRER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveuse the same My invention. relates to improvements in pitching apparatusesby means of which the interior of casks is coated with an adherent film of a suitable substance (preferably rosin) for preservation of the liquid stored or shipped therein.

The object "of my improvement is to equip a pitch-kettle with such means and in such manner as to enable the placing of said kettle distant from the contrivances provided for the pitching proper, as a result more convenience and efficiency being had 'and the danger of setting buildings on fire being diminished, since the kettle can-be placed out side of buildings.

I attain this object in and by an apparatus constructed and arranged substantially as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of said apparatus and appendages. Fig. 2 represents a vertical sectional view of the same; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line a: 00, Fig. 1.)

Like letters of reference denote like parts Fig. 2.) The pump, as shown, is of the oscillating type, itlbeing operated by means of the lever I, which extends through the cover andderives its motion by means of a crank connection with the wheel or pulley K. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) Adjacent the kettlein open relation with the furnace underneath same is a channel L, built of fireproof material, and said channel terminates in a flue or chimney M more or less distant from the fireplace 13 or kettle A. In and along the upper portion of said channel extends the discharge-pipe 0, within the drip-pan D, which is in communication with the part b of the kettle-cover F and the flue M.

The drip-pan D and plate or plates N establ-ish in conjunction with the channel-walls d c the upper and lower smoke-fines f and g. At or near the beginning of said fines or close to the fire-bridge 7b is hinged the gate 0 in such manner as to enable the closing of either one of the fines f and g for the purpose as hereinafter explained.

Each of the branches 0' O" of the pipe 0 is provided with a stop and waste cock P and a lever t' with shifter t. (See Fig. 3.) From the cooks extend the pipes Q, which terminate in a spray-nozzle K, the latter protruding above the keg-supports E. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) The supports E are placed over the top of the pan at suitable distance apart to enable convenient manipulation of the casks. Lids R are used intermediate said supports and over the entire surface of said pan, so that the vapors within same can only escape through the chimney.

In placing a cask it is first set into the notch Z for adjustment, so that the bung-hole thereof will fit over the nozzle K by simply rolling the cask from notch l to Z.

The pump G is kept in continuous opera tion for supply of pipe O with hot pitch, and the pitch issues through the spray-nozzle upon moving the shifter out or inward, according to how the plug of the cock is set. To avoid overpressure within pipe O, I provide a waste branch "in connection with the cooks, and the waste from said cocks as well as the casks is caught in the drip-pan and conveyed or returned to the kettle. The pan can be maintained in more or less heated condition by means of the gate 0. If said gate closes the fine 9, then all gases and smoke escape through flue f into the chimney. The gases in coming in direct contact with the pan heat same to such extent that any Water which may run out the casks and into the pan is instantaneously converted into steam, which escapes through the chimney. Danger of explosions by reason of Water reaching the kettle is thereby avoided. Should the pan become too hot, then the gate 0 is turned to shut out the flue f, and the smoke escapes through the lower flue g. a

It is preferable to have perforations in the partition N, so that some of the hot gas may still reach'the upper flue for the purpose of maintaining the pan in the requisite or normal heated condition.

From the foregoing it is obvious that the discharge-pipe C and appendages may be extended to accommodate a series of keg-supports, and also such contrivances may be used in connection with any kind of pitching-ket tles without departing from the nature of my 20 invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

In a cask-pitching apparatus the combina tion with the kettle and a fireplace therefor, of a pipe leading from a pump within said kettle, said pipe being provided With a series of spray-nozzles, keg-supports arranged With regard to said spray-nozzles, a drip-pan under said pitch-conveying pipe and a divided controllable flue for heating said pan and leading the smoke from said fireplace all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

PHILIP SIIERRER. 

